Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Hotel Portrait Roma, Rome
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location On Via Condotti, 300 metres from the Spanish Steps
Annual opening All year
Closest airport Rome Fiumicino
Distance from airport 50 minutes by car
Closest railway station Roma Termini
Distance from railway station 20 minutes by car
Hotel facilities and services
Rooftop terrace lounge, Honour Bar, 24hr lifestyle team and concierge, in-suit dining from over 15 restaurants, valet parking, electric vehicle charging, bicycle rental, airport shuttle, in-room spa treatments, laundry service, and shopping privileges at Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques.
Complimentary
Wi-Fi, cooked-to-order breakfast
Land sports
Cycling
Out and about nearby
The Spanish Steps lie just 300 metres from the hotel. This famous 18th century Baroque staircase connects Piazza di Spagna to Trinità dei Monti church, where azaleas bloom in late April and where Audrey Hepburn famously ate gelato in Roman Holiday. The Trevi Fountain, Rome’s grandest Baroque fountain, sits 750 metres away, whilst the Pantheon’s perfectly preserved 2,000 year old dome can be reached in just 10 minutes on foot. Piazza Navona, with its Bernini fountains and lively café culture, likes 1 km away, and the artistic Via Margutta, the former home to Federico Fellini and another Roman Holiday filming location, is a five-minute walk. Piazza del Popolo, with its towering Egyptian obelisk and twin Baroque churches, stands 500 metres from the hotel, whilst the green expanses of Villa Borghese, Rome’s answer to Central Park, are an uphill walk from the Spanish Steps, home to the renowned Borghese Gallery, with masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio, and Raphael. Further afield, the Colosseum and Roman Forum are 20 minutes’ walk, whilst St. Peters’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums lie 15 minutes away.
Everything was extremely well organised.Mr P, May 2025
From about
Holiday Code EXH49706
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Hotel Portrait Roma, Rome
Hotel Portrait Roma is an intimate five-star boutique hotel within a restored townhouse on Via Condotti, situated just a few metres from the Spanish Steps. Owned by the Ferragamo family as part of the Lungarno Collection, this Forbes Five-Star property offers just 14 individually designed suites across the grand upper floors. Florentine architect Michele Bonan’s interiors evoke 1950s Rome through black-and-white Magnum photographs of Hollywood stars in Ferragamo shoes and original sketches from the designer’s archives. Pale grey, cream, and warm wood tones create a sophisticated backdrop, with curtain linings resembling silk scarves and furniture fabrics inspired by luxury tailoring. The 14 suites each have a kitchenette and marble bathrooms, and many offer views over Via Condotti or have private terraces overlooking Trinità dei Monti. The Honour Bar rooftop terrace, reserved exclusively for hotel guests, provides 360 degree panoramic views across Rome. Cooked-to-order breakfast is served here each morning, whilst evenings invite cocktails beside the outdoor fireplace. The hotel reimagines dining with its in-suite service, curating menus from more than 15 of Rome’s finest restaurants – from Michelin-starred establishments to neighbourhood trattorias – delivered with white-linen presentation. The Lifestyle team replaces traditional concierge service with personalised hospitality, contacting guests before arrival to understand preferences and curating bespoke itineraries upon arrival – including private tours with art historians, vintage Vespa rides, and exclusive shopping appointments. Their local knowledge secures restaurant reservations and ensures guests have the experience of staying in a private residence rather than a hotel.
Room descriptions
Hotel Portrait Roma offers 14 suites, each with Wi-Fi, air-conditioning and climate control, kitchenette with dishwasher, microwave, electric kettle, and kitchenware, minibar, Sky TV, Bose Bluetooth sound system, personalised iPad, DVD player with library, marble bathroom with bathtub and/or shower, Salvatore Ferragamo bath amenities, bathrobes and slippers, hair dryer, in-room safe, desk, soundproof windows, pillow menu, telephone, daily turndown service.
Everything was extremely well organised.Mr P, May 2025
From about
Holiday Code EXH49706
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Hotel Portrait Roma, Rome
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to Hotel Portrait Roma, you can fly to Rome Fiumicino Airport and take the Leonardo Express train (around 30 minutes) to Roma Termini, then Metro Line A to Spagna station, followed by a four-minute walk to the hotel. We can also arrange private transfers directly from the airport or Roma Termini.
Additional information
Children: The Hotel Portrait Roma welcomes guests of all ages, with several family accommodation options, including suites that sleep up to seven guests. Cribs and babysitting services are available on request.
Everything was extremely well organised.Mr P, May 2025
From about
Holiday Code EXH49706
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke hotel holidays to Hotel Portrait Roma, Rome
About Rome
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Rome is a trip to the capital city of Italy and, as the capital city of the Roman Empire, a place which was widely regarded as the birth place of western civilisation. The city has a unique atmosphere of any in Italy, due to its huge wealth of sites to see, dating back not just from the Roman era, but from mediaeval and Renaissance periods as well and you could spend a lifetime visiting all the historical and architectural sites the city has to offer. Most visitors come to Rome to see the foundations of the Roman Empire in the form of the Colosseum, The Forum Romanum and the Circus Maximus, to name but a few. However, visitors nearly always allow time for a visit to the Vatican Museum and the Basilica of St Peter, even if they choose not to visit any other non-Roman historical sites! The variety of places to visit in Rome can be over whelming and it is best to plan in advance what you wish to see within the time you have and stick to it, rather than planning whilst you are there. The historic centre is perfectly manageable on foot as it is in fact quite compact. However, there is a comprehensive metro system that runs around the historic centre, rather than through it (for obvious reasons), with its intersection at the main Rome Termini station. The two lines of the metro are easy to navigate and can be a swift and inexpensive way of reaching monuments or museums which are further away from each other.
Highlights of Rome
If the monuments, museums and historical sites become too overwhelming then Rome is also the perfect place for a spot of retail therapy, particularly shoes and clothes. The Apian way just outside the city is where a large proportion of the Roman catacombs are, as well as the baths of Caracalla. There are also numerous famous gardens in and around Rome namely the Borghese Gardens, The Gardens of Villa Doria Pamphili, Villa Torlonia, Villa Ada and the Park of Aqueducts.
Cultural highlights of Rome
The Colosseum, The Forum, The Pantheon, Circus Maximus, Domus Aurea, Trajan’s Market, The Vatican Museum, The Basilica of St Peter, The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, The Capitoline Museum, The Borghese Gallery.
Festivals in Rome
The Estate Romana is a festival which lasts throughout the summer months and encompasses many cultural activities including concerts and street performances. The Noantri Festival is at the beginning of July and has its roots in early Christianity. The statue of the Vergine del Carmine is carried through the streets of the Trastevere district of Rome and there is much feasting and merriment. There are numerous arts and antiques fairs which take place in the autumn in Rome and the city attracts a wide range of musicians and art collections throughout the year.
Gastronomy in Rome
The gastronomy of Rome is hearty but simple, based on numerous ways of cooking fresh vegetables, particularly artichokes and courgettes (zucchini), salt cod, hearty soups and meat sauces and various pasta shapes and tomato sauces, particularly using garlic and chilli. The most famous wines of the area are the Frascati wines, however the area to the south also produces excellent Cesanese wines.
